i am going through a torturously long process of immigration, my home and everything i have built feel up in the air. here is some of what i wrote about immigration, borders, and constructed divisions: …
autumn equinox
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ― Albert Camus — the sharp breeze winds down my lungs blowing the ashes of summer my warm skin touched by the fresh …
the silent treatment
“When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” ― Rumi — maybe maybe, you don’t love me anymore maybe you can’t contain all of me tears and …
lunch break
“I like to prowl ordinary places and taste the people- from a distance.” ― Charles Bukowski — “you need to get the booger sucker”, one dad says to another dad to be he smiles …
Someone famous
“The square root of I is I.” – Vladimir Nabokov, Bend Sinister — I was walking down the familiar street, during the familiar hour, to the familiar coffee shop. I was treading on the clouds of …
Self assessment
“Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.” ― John Green — I often find myself scrambling. Scrambling in my whirlpool of thoughts for … I …
ugly ceiling
“There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars — Tapping away on my keyboard one work-from-home Tuesday afternoon, I took a rich sip …
a vacation from life
“To be, or not to be: that is the question” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet — i wonder if one can take a break from being alive a vacation from existence a mere moment to not …